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NBNA Honors its Members with Nursing Awards

The National Black Nurses Association is pleased to announce this year's honorees for the NBNA Nursing Awards at the 31st Annual Institute and Conference of the National Black Nurses Association, July 30 - August 3, 2003, at the New Orleans Marriott. The awardees will receive the honor at the President's Gala on Saturday, August 2, 2003.

Advanced Practice Nurse of the Year
To recognize excellence in the clinical area at the advanced practice level.

Fedricker Diane Barber, RN MSN, ANP, BC, AOCN is a nurse practitioner at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. She holds a leadership position in NBNA as Vice President of the Fort Bend County Texas Black Nurses Association, 2001-2003.

Nurse of the Year for Community Service
To recognize outstanding and exemplary community service.

Veronica A. Clarke-Tasker, PhD, RN, MBA, MPH, is the Associate Professor, Howard University College of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Division of Nursing, Washington, DC. She is President of the Black Nurses' Association of the Greater Washington, DC Area, Inc.

Student Nurse of the Year
To recognize outstanding academic achievement.

Yvonne Olusi, BSN, is a May 2003 graduate of Texas Woman's University
Houston, TX and a member of the Fort Bend County Texas Black Nurses Association, Inc.

The National Black Nurses Association, founded in 1971, is a professional organization, representing 150,000 African American registered nurses, licensed vocational/practical nurses and nursing students. The mission of NBNA is to "investigate, define and determine the health care requirements of African Americans and other diverse communities to foster optimal health and health care services commensurate with that of the larger society."

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